The Scottish tradition in literature

Wittig, Kurt (1914-)

Verlag: Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd, 1958

Beschreibung

Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.Includes previous owner's signature. Physical description; viii, 352 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Part I: Spring tide -- First stirrings: John Barbour -- Full tide: The makars -- Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas -- Ebbing: David Lyndsay -- The pattern left in the sand: the background of the minor poets from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century -- A treasure-trove: the Scottish ballads -- Part II: Autumn Tide -- Surging up: The eighteenth century -- The Anglo-Scots -- The north Britons and Scottish prose -- The Scots tradition -- The Scottish Gaelic tradition -- High water mark -- Robert Burns (1759-96) -- Walter Scott -- Backwash: The nineteenth century -- The emigrants -- The stay-at-homes -- Part III: Another spring? -- Heaving again: From Stevenson to World War I -- Prose -- Poetry -- Breakers: the Scottish renaissance -- The modern makars -- Scottish Drama -- The modern novel. Subjects; Burns, Robert (1759-1796). Douglas, Gavin (1474-1522). Dunbar, William (ca. 1460-ca. 1520). Henryson, Robert (1430?-1506?). Lindsay, David Sir (fl. 1490-1555). Scott, Walter Sir (1771-1832). Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894). English literature Scottish authors History and criticism. Scottish literature History and criticism. English literature Scottish authors. Scottish literature. English literature Scottish authors. Scottish literature. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.). Intellectual life. Dialect literature, Scottish History and criticism. Scotland In literature. Scotland Intellectual life. Scotland In literature. Genres; Bibliography. Criticism, interpretation, etc. 1 Kg. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 349628

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Scottish tradition in literature

Verlag: Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd

Erscheinungsdatum: 1958

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: First Edition.